Bits
“as long as anything is centralized it is subject to one day experiencing exactly what Twitter experienced and why using domains to verify anybody is who they say they are is so important bc it’s one thing the platform does *not* have a say over” #fediverse #bluesky #atproto #activitypub https://bsky.app/profile/bubbaprog.lol/post/3lndkshqgxs2r
“There’s camaraderie here. People come in to chat about their lives while we fix their items, and it does wonders for their mental health.” #repair #righttorepair https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-13/fixing-more-than-broken-stuff-the-growing-impact-of-repair-cafes/104727868
“The deity of the Hebrew Bible should not be confused, of course, with GOD (the Generalized Omniscient Dialoguebot), which is included with your LMS. You can ask it for help with your homework, request advice about relationships or major life decisions, or simply talk to it when you’re lonely or afraid.” #ai #lms https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-ten-commandments-annotated-for-use-in-your-ai-enhanced-classroom
Music! Art! Games! Poetry! Dreams beyond the Walled gardensl New programs daily! A celebration of the handmade web! A patchwork quilt of hypertext! Nothing on-demand! Nothing algorithmic! Enjoy the moment! #web https://hypertext.tv
Film & Video
“the government had created the incentive in 1975 wherein 100 percent of an investment in a film could be written off, the heyday of this inglorious period of Canadian filmmaking began toward the end of the decade, as word of this insane loophole spread, and continued through the early ’80s.” https://thewalrus.ca/david-cronenberg-cinema/
Music & Sound
Let me feel my dory lift
To the broad Atlantic combers
Where the tide rip swirls and the wild ducks whirl
And old Neptune calls the numbers
https://www.cshf.ca/let-me-fish-off-cape-st-marys-song-induction/
Politics & Economics
“What do we have if the freedom to read isn’t ours anymore?” #libraries https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/16141613-libraries-fighting-freedom-democracy
tooth fairy #economics .. #canada #cdnpoli https://thewalrus.ca/tax-cuts-election/